What therefore is it that is necessary for us to know, or what things must we be furnished withall, when we apply our minds to the search of so great a secret?
Answer.
Forasmuch as the universal Medicine is the gift of God, and not of Man, it is but just, that the same be sought for at the hands of God, and not of Men, who (in one night and by a Dream) can reveal those things, which a Man will not get all his life long by his reading of the many intricate Books extant; And thus much doth David teach us, saying, In vain do you rise up early, and go to Bed loaden with cares, for God bestows his gifts upon those that love him, even whilst they Sleep.
Question 14.
By what means may a gift so divine be obtained from God?
Answer.
By daily praying unto him, and by accompanying your Prayers with daily and diligent Labour. For Prayers alone wont serve turn, unless the reading of good Authours, and continued Labour be also adjoyned thereunto. God reveals his good things to mortal Men, by their serious Prayers, and continual Labours.
Question 15.
Are all Men fit to beg so great a gift at God’s hands, without any difference at all, or doth so great a secret require onely some particular Men’s Supplications, and not admit every one, as if all were fitted thereunto?
Answer.